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Top 1,000adjective

бе́дный

[ˈbʲednɨj]poor

Frequency rank #969 About 1 in every 11,000 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
бедный #969

Meaning

  1. poor
  2. poor, scanty
  3. poor, miserable, wretched

Examples

Бе́дный котёнок!

Poor kitten!

Related

Forms by frequency

  • бе́дныйnominative, masculine#2,789
  • бе́днаяnominative, feminine#4,297
  • бе́дныеnominative, plural#9,627
  • бе́дныхgenitive, plural#9,699
  • бе́днойgenitive, feminine#11,843
  • бе́дногоgenitive#12,587
  • бе́днымdative, plural#13,381
  • бе́днуюaccusative, feminine#20,048
  • бе́денmasculine, short form#29,098
  • бе́дноеnominative, neuter#29,973
  • бе́дномуdative#30,827
  • бедны́plural, short form#37,049
  • бе́днымиinstrumental, plural#41,496
  • бе́дноюinstrumental, feminine

and 3 more forms

Cases

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeбе́дные
Genitiveбе́дных
Dativeбе́дным
Accusativeбе́дных
Instrumentalбе́дными
Prepositionalбе́дных

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